Admissions
Who Needs a Visa?
- S.I. No. 25 of 1999 Aliens (Visas) Order, 1999
- I, John O'Donoghue, Minister for Justice and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 5 of the Aliens Act, 1935 (No. 14 of 1935), hereby order as follows:
- Title, collective citation and construction.
This Order may be cited as the Aliens (Visas) Order, 1999. - Interpretation.
In this Order The word "alien" has the meaning assigned to it by the Aliens order 1946 (S.R. & Q. No. 395 of 1946. The word"port" has the meaning assigned to it by the Aliens Order 1946 (S.R. & O. No. 395 of 1946).
The Interpretation Acts, 1937 to 1997, apply to this Order. - Transit visas.
An alien coming from a place outside the State other than Great Britain or Northern Ireland who is a citizen of a state specified in the First Schedule to this Order shall not enter a port in the State unless he or she is the holder of a valid Irish transit visa. - Visa-exempt classes.
Citizens of the states specified in the Second Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as a class of persons not requiring an Irish visa.
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FIRST SCHEDULE States whose citizens require a transit visa: Afghanistan Nigeria Albania Romania Bulgaria Lebanon Cuba Moldova Ethiopia The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) Eritrea Somalia Ghana Sri Lanka Iraq Zaire Iran SECOND SCHEDULE States whose citizens do not require an Irish visa Andorra Guatemala Norway Argentina Honduras Panama Australia Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region) Paraguay Austria Hungary Poland Bahamas Iceland Portugal Barbados Israel San Marino Belgium Italy Singapore Botswana Jamaica Slovenia Brazil Japan South Africa Brunei Korea (Republic of South) Spain Canada Latvia Swaziland Chile Lesotho Sweden Costa Rica Liechtenstein Switzerland Croatia Lithuanian Tonga Cyprus Luxembourg Trinidad & Tobago Czech Republic Malawi United States of America Denmark Malaysia United Kingdom & Colonies El Salvador Malta Uruguay Estonia Mexico Vatican City Finland Monaco Venezuela France Naura Western Samoa Germany Netherlands Zimbabwe Greece New Zealand Grenada Nicaragua Given under my official seal this 3rd of February 1999
L.S.
JOHN O'DONOHUE
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform- EXPLANATORY NOTE
- (This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)
- This Order specifies the class of persons who are required to have a transit visa and the class of persons exempt from Irish visa requirements.